Woodworking-tool.



'A. E. LISUOMB.

, WOODWORKING TOOL. APPLIO/ATION'IILED JU NE3, 1913.

Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

ED STATES PAT NT OFFICE 7 NDREW EMnnY LISCQMB', or BAR HARBOR, MAINE.

woonwonnmc-roon Application filed June 3, 191a. Serial No. 771L429.

"Z i) alt whom it may concern Be it known that I,"ANDnnw EMERY Lis- COMB, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bar Harbor, in-the county of Hancock and State of Maine, have invented newa of the usual driving action of the driving face of the hammer. v

The advantages of this device are that nails of diiferent sizes may be readily held upon the hammer head, the nail'holding attachment being driven into thehandle Within,the hammer head acts as a securing means for the handle, and, as it extends above the top of the hammer head, it alsoacts as an additional fulcrum forthenail drawing claw oft-he hammer.

lVhile the preferred form of thisfinvention is illustrated upon the accompanying sheet of drawing, yet it is to be understood that minor detail changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof.

Figure 1 is a View in side elevation, with parts broken away, illustrating the applica tic-n of this invention to a hammer. is a top plan view of this nail-holding attachment. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of this nail-holding attachment. Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of. this nail-holding at tachment.

to be secured to the top of the hammer head 2 by depending web ibeing driven into the top of the hammer handle 4. The cap is preferably .of the same width as the top of the hammer head and is curved at the rear to extend a-slight distance over the top of the (law 5.

The front of the cap is preferably rounded and is provided with a central vertical slot 6, the walls of \vhich extend parallel a short distance inward and than diverge vertically to the vertical transverse rear wall 7, forming a chamber adapted to receive the head of a large size nail. which when the head is so engaged will be supported upon fulcrum. Fig. 2'

the upper portion of the driving surface 8 of the hammer. The sides of the cap are preferably vertical. and each side is provided with a circular depression 9 having a longitudinal vertical recess 10 extending'forward fromthe inne'r wall thereof within the body of the cap leaving a portion ll-of the side depending from the top of the recess, which ortion is cutaway a short distance 'from'the bottom and is curved rearwardly to the top of the circular depression 9 so that the heads of nails of different sizes may be held by inserting the head in the circular depression and then moving the nail. bodily forward with the nail head resting upon the Specification of Letters Batent- Patented Jan. 6, 19 14.

top of the hammer head until the shank is engaged by the depending outer wall l1.

The web depends longitudinally and centrally of the cap 1 and is provided at each end with integral transverse wedges 12. The web and wedgesnot' only position the cap but also spread the end of the hammer handle and more firmly secure it to the hammer head. 4 y w The top of the'cap 1 extends horizontally above the main body thereofand is curved downwardly at the rear to the hammer claw,

and, as the cap extends above the hammer head, it also acts as'an additional. fulcrum for the claw in drawing nails. This attachment, therefore, provides a nail holder, a handle securing wedge, and an additional ent sizes to accommodate it; to difierent-size hammers. Vihat I claim is': 1

A nail holding attachment for hammers comprising a cap corresponding in width to the hammer head and means engaging the hammer handle for securing the cap' thereon with its under surface contacting with the top ofthe hammer head, said cap provided on each side with an interior recess extending upward from the-under surface and the denies of this patent may obtained for five cents eac i, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. Go

Of course it is to be understood that this attachment is to be made in differ- 

